Samurai Quotes

66 quotes by 47 authors

It's actually the samurai spirit, which is 'no fear and never give up. — Enson Inoue
Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai — Carlson Gracie
I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If… — Tom Cruise
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it… — Dustin Diamond
I always had a sense that I would fall in love with Tokyo. In retrospect I guess it's not that surprising. I was of the… — Junot Diaz
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. — Roger Ebert
One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all… — George Lucas
The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was… — George Lucas
I'm not a fighter, but in my mind I'm fighting every day. 'What's new? What am I doing?' I'm fighting myself. My soul is samurai.… — Masaharu Morimoto
I am a genre lover - everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie. — Quentin Tarantino
Ghost Dog: In the words of the ancients, one should make his decision within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being… — Jim Jarmusch
This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai: if by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
...when the armed robber of unhappiness knocks over the Keebler cookie display of our complacency, and bangs the samurai sword of negativity on the checkout… — Dave Barry
A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger. — Chris Bradford
â€¦the samurai ethic is a political science of the heart, designed to control such discouragement and fatigue in order to avoid showing them to others.… — Yukio Mishima
a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a â€˜functionâ€™, one cog… — Yukio Mishima
Kim: Hey... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword. Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both? — Bryan Lee O'Malley
In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Quentin wanted to create this special world in which everybody walks around with a samurai sword, extras in the airport, a special little place in… — David Carradine
I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as… — Yvon Chouinard

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